Implement custom service discovery for Amazon ECS Anywhere tasks

Introduction

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a managed container orchestration service offered by AWS. It simplifies the deployment, management, and scalability of containerized applications using Amazon ECS task definitions through the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or AWS Software Development Kits (AWS SDKs).

Customers who require running containerized workloads, both on AWS and on-premises, often encounter challenges due to inconsistent tooling and deployment experiences across environments. Factors such as data gravity, compliance, and latency requirements contribute to these challenges.

To address these issues, Amazon ECS Anywhere extends the capabilities of Amazon ECS, which enables the deployment and management of containerized applications on-premises or in edge locations using a unified container orchestration platform. Amazon ECS Anywhere allows you to utilize the same Amazon ECS Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and …